The class will look at first instance decision making obligations in the Qualification Directive, obligations arising from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the procedural requirements on asylum in the UN human rights instruments.
Date: Friday, 15 March 2013
Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm
Location: Arbitration Room, Distillery Building, Church St, Dublin 7
Speaker: Professor Elspeth Guild
2 CPD Points
Elspeth Guild is a Jean Monnet Professor ad personam in law at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands and professor of law at Queen Mary University of London. She is also a senior research fellow at the Brussels based think tank, the Centre for European Policy Studies. She is an internationally acknowledged expert in European free movement of persons, immigration and asylum law.
Elspeth is also engaged in policy development in the European Union and the Council of Europe. She coordinates a network of experts in EU immigration law in the 27 Member States for the European Commission and coordinates the annual report for the Commission on the UK’s implementation of its obligations in this area.
The class will be followed by a reception to mark the 1st anniversary of the official opening of the IRC’s independent law centre which will take place at the same venue from 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. All participants to the class are welcome to join us for the reception.
Booking and prices:
Solicitors / Barristers (more than 5 years post-qualification) €40
Others (trainees, barristers less than 5 years post-qualification, RLS, NGO) €20
10% discount for IRC members
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